Medium 1989 Articles
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on March 1989—New Free Brochures Available— Twin Disc, Inc., Racine, Wis., has expanded their popular MG-516 Marine Transmission Series with the addition of the model MG-5161, and has added a deep case version to their high performance MG-5111 Marine Transmission Series. Both new high capacity, compact r
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on March 1989Palmer Internationl, Inc., Worcester, Pa., has developed two elastomeric compounds, DuraTough DP and DuraTough DL, for the repair of marine components damaged by cavitation. These compliant compounds are designed to inhibit the deterioration of metal substrates caused by cavitation and low
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on March 1989The Seatrade Group will hold Maritime London 89, a week of business activities focusing international attention on London's involvement in world shipping, will be held at the Barbican Center in the City of London from April 17-21, 1989. Seatrade also announced that it will sponsor three maj
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on March 1989Trinity Industries, Inc., Dallas, Texas, has acquired HBC Barge, Inc., Brownsville, Pa., a shipbuilder which has constructed 4,000 barges since its founding in 1938. Terms of the sale were not disclosed. HBC Barge, located on a 43-acre site about 40 miles south of Pittsburgh on the Monongahe
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on February 1989Repair of the guided-missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts entailed a massive lifting exercise in which twenty 100-ton aluminum hydraulic rams operating at 10,000 psi were systematically applied to raise the damaged stern of the 3,700-ton vessel to its normal position. Bath Iron Works (BIW)
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on February 1989—Literature Available Operators and owners of ships, tankers, mobile offshore drilling units, as well as uninspected commercial vessels, should be aware of the difference between an exposure suit and immersion suit. "Immersion" suit is the term now designated by the Coast Guard to distinguis
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on February 1989—Literature Available The efficiency of evacuating high density passenger vessels with high freeboard has been greatly increased by borrowing an idea from the airline industry. Viking Life Saving Equipment has developed a marine escape slide (MES). Its operation is based on the same principle
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on February 1989Raytheon's new JFV-200 Color Video Sounder offers a wide variety of advanced multi-screen presentations, including split-screen AScope and horizontal or vertical split-screens. New, U.S. made, high technology, dual-beam transducers produce exceptional target definition and bottom discriminat
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on February 1989—Literature Offered The Zodiac Hurricane Rigid-Hull Inflatable Boat (RIB) combines the wave cutting capability of a rigid hull with the safety features of an inflatable, creating an ideal rescue boat. Based on a design by Admiral Hoare, former director of England's Royal National Lifeboat Ins
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on February 1989L&C Associates, dehumidification specialists, recently announced the completion of the installation of an innovative dehumidification, sealing, and monitoring system for the prepositioned, general cargo ship M/V Advantage, chartered to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) to carry cargo. The
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on February 1989MagneTek ALS, the flagship company of MagneTek Inc.'s recently announced MagneTek Defense Systems, has added Jeff Pease and Ed Rizzotti to its senior management staff. Serving in the positions of chief financial officer and vice president of government systems, respectively, both Mr.. Pease
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on February 1989The West German firm of J.M. Voith GmbH recently announced that British shipowners Tees Towing Co., Ltd. of Middlesborough ordered two Voith water tractors from the Richard Dunston (Hessle) Ltd. Shipyard. The 98-foot-long by 32-foot-wide tractors will be propelled by two size 28 G 11/185 Vo
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on February 1989The Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, Conn., was recently awarded a $725,951,700 fixed-price, incentive contract to build the lead submarine of the U.S. Navy's Seawolf Class (SSN-21). According to reports, the Seawolf Class high-speed attack submarine will be w
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on February 1989The Danish shipyard Burmeister & Wain recently delivered the 84,000-dwt product tanker Petrobulk Mars, the first ship in the world to be equipped with a oneman operated bridge. The vessel is classified by Det norske Veritas with the new class registration "Watch 1—Ocean Areas and Coastal Wa
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on February 1989—Literature Available— The Commander SDM 5000 Flow Computer, a total energy management information center for calculating pressure and temperaturecompensated flow, has been introduced by Leslie Controls, Inc., Tampa, Fla. The new unit is designed to be used as a stand-alone flow computer, o
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on February 1989Nichols Brothers Boat Builders, Inc., Whidbey Island, Wash., recently christened the second of two catamaran passenger ferries it has built for the U.S. Army for use in the Marshall Islands. Built under a $1.8-million contract, the 72-foot FB-817 Jelang K will join the FB-816 Jera at the Ar
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on February 1989The Shipyards Division of Avondale Industries, Inc., Avondale, La., recently christened the U.S. Navy's newest fleet oiler, the USNS Leroy Grumman (T-AO-195). The USNS Leroy Grumman, like her sister ships in the T-AO-187 Class, is 677-1/2 feet long, has a beam of 97-1/2 feet, draft of 36 fee
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on February 1989Deal Includes Transfer Of LCU Building Contract Trinity Industries, Inc., recently announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Halter Marine, Inc., has signed an agreement to purchase the shipbuilding business and certain assets of the Lockheed Shipbuilding Company in Thunderbolt, Ga., near
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on February 1989Third In Series Built By Yard Avondale Shipyards Division, Avondale Industries, Inc., Avondale, La., recently christened the Landing Ship Dock vessel USS Tortuga (LSD-46) for the U.S. Navy. She is the third in a series of LSDs being built for the U.S. Navy by the yard. The principal speak
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on February 1989Leevac Shipyards, Inc., Jennings, La., was recently awarded two separate conversion contracts. The first contract calls for the design, fabrication and installation of a new stern section for a 110-foot landing craft for U.S. naval operations in the South Atlantic Ocean. The second contract